All a privilege for those who have managed to see Diamanda on this tour. South America does not lose hope of seeing Diamanda in the next few years. Europe will soon know who is the most relevant voice of the music at the moment. Their singing and her presence are the antidote to this time in which art is indolent, light, banal, superfluous. The musical art of Diamanda, besides accompanying us in solitude, helps us to detoxify the senses of all the garbage with which the music press bombards us daily. All The Gods Bless The Queen.
+Boris Todorov I'm not normally one for TH-cam gush-gratitude. The short version is that Diamanda Galas has been one of the most important and cathartic voices for me since I found out about her in 1985. I wouldn't have been able to see her on this concert, so you making it available is a tremendous gift for me. So, thank you n-fold for it. It was truly and deeply "clawing" to be able to hear this. And great that she still sounds as powerful as she did when I heard her in San Francisco an age ago.
@00:00:00 Ferdinand @00:07:18 She aka Woman @00:13:36 La Llorona @00:21:20 A Soul That's Been Abused @00:27:02 Die Stunde Kommt @00:37:07 Artémis @00:41:07 O Death @00:50:23 O Prósfygas @00:55:18 Pardon Me I've Got Someone to Kill @01:03:38 Anoixe Petra @01:08:23 Let My People Go re: www.setlist.fm/setlist/diamanda-galas/2017/nob-hill-masonic-auditorium-san-francisco-ca-1be6d5f8.html
Very dark and beautiful consert here with my princess of the darkness here in san francisco california y que viva diamanda galas para siempre bella princesa de la oscuridad
Thank you so much for recording and posting this. I had tickets to this show and ended up not being able to make it. I have never seen her live before and I don't know if I'll ever get the chance again.
+That One I saw her in San Francisco for the Singer having missed the Plague Mass at the I-Beam (one of the worst mistakes of my life, missing that) "Insane Asylum" that night was the flabbergasting, stunning moment for me. But this concert is even more amazing, and I'm not even there. I'm so glad this video exists.
Yeah! I was bummed the first few seconds that it was there but then i kinda liked it :) It is actually because of the youtube video stabilization which I added later, my original vid was kinda shaky
How do any of you consider this music? It sounds like she is being tortured. 🤮. People in California have lost their minds! Sold your souls to the devil that’s for sure. So sad you think your functioning in reality.
She’s not a California thing but international, noted for extreme vocals (see Wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamanda_Gal%C3%A1s). So definitely not traditional vocal style & not for most people. She does have one of the wider vocal ranges in the world, about 3x bigger than required for most songs on the radio. IOW don’t chalk it up to California, which in LA is full of pop music & plastic culture. This is more on the avant-garde side of things & not intended to be pretty.
Your question is disingenuous, because I'm pretty sure, even if you hated it, that when discussing it with friends, you would call a thriller movie's strange audio cues "background music". Some of those get very atonal and off the grid, no vocals, dominated by sound fx. Background "music". That's how we call it. You're right about the people selling their souls to the devil, metaphorically, but as the US constitution says... we the people! What I'm saying is that sometimes, when you look deeper than the surface features, what seemed like fire quenches your thirst, and what appeared on the surface to be water, burns. Sometimes a white smile, clean shoes and fancy clothes are a mask to distract from the fact that you're looking at a great ape, an actual ape, and a much more dangerous ape than a Silverback, at that. Not as physically strong, but with similar emotional hormones, and technology and complex language. Most of our political, legal, corporate and religious culture is there to try and mitigate the consequences of this "world's most dangerous combination, worse than even a supervolcano, as far as other life is concerned". I do worry about the devil, but mostly about the devil within, and in my most immediate surroundings. Those concertgoers in California in 2017... who knows if they're still alive? Maybe this message will only be read by someone 5 years from now? Maybe there won't be someone 5 years from now? It's not really "nihilism". It's just openness to what's possible. It's also possible a new golden age is right around the corner. It's possible this message will do more good than damage. Some of both is all around us. You can't really have "good" without "bad". That desire reflects a misunderstanding of the meaning of good and bad, i.e. they're an intertwined duality. Like 2 sides of a coin, it doesn't make physical sense to talk of one existing on its own. If you try to ignore your shadow, it will bite you in the ass someday. I wish good luck in life to those who read this!
![Diamanda Galás - Cris D'Aveugle (1873) (Blind Man's Cry) [Excerpt]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/DqUji0Ck7hI/mqdefault.jpg)
Impressive how the audience kept applauding for minutes on end until she came back. Great audience response. Diamanda is a Goddess!
I believe in the supremacy of Diamanda Galas 🛐🛐
Amén
All a privilege for those who have managed to see Diamanda on this tour. South America does not lose hope of seeing Diamanda in the next few years. Europe will soon know who is the most relevant voice of the music at the moment. Their singing and her presence are the antidote to this time in which art is indolent, light, banal, superfluous. The musical art of Diamanda, besides accompanying us in solitude, helps us to detoxify the senses of all the garbage with which the music press bombards us daily. All The Gods Bless The Queen.
i dont think i can stand another full concert only with a piano...enough z !!!
she need tadoo somethin else...somethin more...
Diamanda went to Medellín- Colombia in 2002, it was in the La Serpenta Canta Era
I went to one of her shows at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco California and it still haunts me ❤️
To retain this range and power at 60 years of age is just a testament to her work ethic and her passion to evolve.
That long note she holds in La Llorona 😲😲😲
This was a beautiful and delightful experience. I was happy to attend.
STUNNING PERFORMANCE!
+Boris Todorov I'm not normally one for TH-cam gush-gratitude. The short version is that Diamanda Galas has been one of the most important and cathartic voices for me since I found out about her in 1985. I wouldn't have been able to see her on this concert, so you making it available is a tremendous gift for me. So, thank you n-fold for it. It was truly and deeply "clawing" to be able to hear this. And great that she still sounds as powerful as she did when I heard her in San Francisco an age ago.
Хоть одна прилична запись, с этого тура. Хотел попасть в Берлине, но никак не успевал.
Спасибо!
ишь ты,меломан)))
The introduction of "La llorona" was completely wonderful, it resembles a bell of cementery tolling. Totally worth it.
I want an MP3 of just that song
@00:00:00 Ferdinand
@00:07:18 She aka Woman
@00:13:36 La Llorona
@00:21:20 A Soul That's Been Abused
@00:27:02 Die Stunde Kommt
@00:37:07 Artémis
@00:41:07 O Death
@00:50:23 O Prósfygas
@00:55:18 Pardon Me I've Got Someone to Kill
@01:03:38 Anoixe Petra
@01:08:23 Let My People Go
re: www.setlist.fm/setlist/diamanda-galas/2017/nob-hill-masonic-auditorium-san-francisco-ca-1be6d5f8.html
Saw her in London years ago; mesmerizing.
Just saw her in London tonight. Amazing.
I became a naturalized US citizen pretty much right in the seat where this video is being shot. Wish I was at this show.
I remember a long years ago live at CCB in Portugal. what a dejavu
I'd buy a ticket to just watch her sing Lla Llerona.
So badass!!
Looking forward to seeing her again!
LET MY PEOPLE GO at the end!!!!! AMAZING!!!!
Oh, my... She is singing "Arthemis" and "Let my People Go" in original tunes almost 30 YEARS after the recordings?!
a duet with her and tom waits would be my ultimate wet dream of sublime weirdness
Poor Tom
Very dark and beautiful consert here with my princess of the darkness here in san francisco california y que viva diamanda galas para siempre bella princesa de la oscuridad
I love how from the 1st song, you're already on board!!!!!
Thank you so much for recording and posting this. I had tickets to this show and ended up not being able to make it. I have never seen her live before and I don't know if I'll ever get the chance again.
Thank you!! it was such an amazing experience
❤️🙏🏼 tks !!! i see her 4 Times 2xlausanna in swiss 1x paris and 1x italy THE DIVA ❣️
This show was so fucking insane!
thank you so much for posting, she's phenomenal!
I was in her concert once in Chicago. She is phenomenal
+That One I saw her in San Francisco for the Singer having missed the Plague Mass at the I-Beam (one of the worst mistakes of my life, missing that) "Insane Asylum" that night was the flabbergasting, stunning moment for me. But this concert is even more amazing, and I'm not even there. I'm so glad this video exists.
заметил,Диаманда всегда заканчивает концерт let my people go...лав!
Plz come to korea
!!!the infinite depth!!!
This performance of “Let My People Go” breaks my heart
the black goddess
Second song ShAkWoman was mega-intense.
SUBLIME!
7:05 is where it starts
That was her opening song in the Toronto 2017 show. It was mindblowing
LA LLORONA AND LET MY PEOPLE GO! AMAZING!!!!
I love how the strobe fucked up the camera ten minutes in. Add's to the feel! :)
Yeah! I was bummed the first few seconds that it was there but then i kinda liked it :) It is actually because of the youtube video stabilization which I added later, my original vid was kinda shaky
Yes! Does anyone know what this song is? I was in nirvana when she played it, but I have no idea.
jedwardclark I'm pretty sure it's an old one. check her albums from 98 and prior.
Спасибо гигантское за запись Диаманды! Фигею всегда с этой исполнительницы. Шаманит баба знатно!
Actually, how about a duet with Chelsea Wolfe?
Never heard of her but just read her Wikipedia..sounds promising to me
+++++++++++ no comment ! +++++++
I’m glad you recorded this, but you could have zoomed in a bit more
Does anyone know the first song she plays?
"Fernand", originally performed by Jacques Brel
Beauty isn't necessarily pretty.
How do any of you consider this music? It sounds like she is being tortured. 🤮. People in California have lost their minds! Sold your souls to the devil that’s for sure. So sad you think your functioning in reality.
She’s not a California thing but international, noted for extreme vocals (see Wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamanda_Gal%C3%A1s). So definitely not traditional vocal style & not for most people. She does have one of the wider vocal ranges in the world, about 3x bigger than required for most songs on the radio.
IOW don’t chalk it up to California, which in LA is full of pop music & plastic culture. This is more on the avant-garde side of things & not intended to be pretty.
If you don’t like this then please be on your way without feeling the desperate need to make yourself heard.
Your question is disingenuous, because I'm pretty sure, even if you hated it, that when discussing it with friends, you would call a thriller movie's strange audio cues "background music". Some of those get very atonal and off the grid, no vocals, dominated by sound fx. Background "music". That's how we call it. You're right about the people selling their souls to the devil, metaphorically, but as the US constitution says... we the people!
What I'm saying is that sometimes, when you look deeper than the surface features, what seemed like fire quenches your thirst, and what appeared on the surface to be water, burns. Sometimes a white smile, clean shoes and fancy clothes are a mask to distract from the fact that you're looking at a great ape, an actual ape, and a much more dangerous ape than a Silverback, at that. Not as physically strong, but with similar emotional hormones, and technology and complex language. Most of our political, legal, corporate and religious culture is there to try and mitigate the consequences of this "world's most dangerous combination, worse than even a supervolcano, as far as other life is concerned".
I do worry about the devil, but mostly about the devil within, and in my most immediate surroundings. Those concertgoers in California in 2017... who knows if they're still alive? Maybe this message will only be read by someone 5 years from now? Maybe there won't be someone 5 years from now?
It's not really "nihilism". It's just openness to what's possible. It's also possible a new golden age is right around the corner. It's possible this message will do more good than damage. Some of both is all around us. You can't really have "good" without "bad". That desire reflects a misunderstanding of the meaning of good and bad, i.e. they're an intertwined duality. Like 2 sides of a coin, it doesn't make physical sense to talk of one existing on its own. If you try to ignore your shadow, it will bite you in the ass someday. I wish good luck in life to those who read this!